Getting a tourist card in Guyana

You can actually get a tourist card from the Suriname Embassy in Georgetown, Guyana.

We got lost

We originally struggled to actually find the embassy and ended up at the old one.

The new one is on Anira Street and New Garden Street (where the two streets meet). It’s called the Embassy of Suriname on Maps.me and the Embassy of the Republic of Suriname on google maps. On Maps.me don’t go to the one called the Suriname Embassy. Doh!

Things you need to get a travel/tourist card

Photocopy of your passport (photo page)

Print out of your plane ticket (e.g the confirmation email) into Guyana

Photocopy of your entry stamp into Guyana in your passport

Photocopy of your yellow fever vaccination paperwork

Onward travel?

You don’t need to show onward travel from Suriname (despite what the website says). However it might be best to have a photocopy of this as well, just in case.

Photocopying though?!

If you need photocopying done, 2 doors down from the embassy, just before you get to Laluni Street, there is a language school which will do it for you for 100 Guyana Dollars (around 50 cents US) per sheet. There are cheaper photocopy shops near the Central Market, but it’s a bit of a trek.

Suriname tourist card cost

It costs $40 USD per person to get your travel card. You can only pay cash in US dollars, no cards are accepted.

The travel card is single entry. It is validated and starts on entry (rather than being for a pre-decided set date).

Opening times for the Embassy of Suriname, Georgetown

You can only get your travel card from 8:30-10:30am, with a pick up at 1pm – 3pm. We however got ours done at around 11:40 but the office was closing at 12noon and they had it done in about 15 minutes.

Cover those legs!

The Embassy of Suriname has a dress code. Therefore, make sure you wear a T-shirt that covers your shoulders and trousers. Shorts are not allowed!

The process of getting a Suriname tourist card

As far as the process goes, the security officer let us into the embassy. We sat outside on the bench in the embassy compound while she checked our paperwork was correct and we had to sign a visitor log.

A few minutes later we were then let into the office, who took our paperwork and processed it. Next, we were asked to go outside and sit on the bench until they rang a bell and we were called in again. They gave us our receipt and the Surinamese tourist card was attached to a page in our passport.